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Monday, September 02, 2013

REAL MADRID RELEASES KAKA FOR FREE TO AC MILAN DESPITE PAYING £56 MILLION FOR HIM 4 YEARS AGO

Brazilian Kaka has left Real Madrid and rejoined former club AC Milan on a two year deal

The 31-year-old had revealed last week that he
wanted to leave the Bernabeu after four years - having joined from
Milan for a reported 70million euros (£56million) in 2009 - and
Rossoneri vice-president Adriano Galliani moved quickly to persuade the
2007 Ballon d'Or winner to return to Serie A.

However, it is understood the Spanish La Liga
club have allowed the forward to leave on a free transfer, after talks
between Galliani, Real president Florentino Perez and the player lasted
until the early hours of Monday morning despite the hefty
fee paid for his services in 2009

A Milan statement said: "Last night after 20:00 CET, thanks to
the traditionally good relationship between the two clubs, Real Madrid
and Milan reached and formalised an agreement for the transfer of
Ricardo Kaka into Rossonero colours.

"And overnight, a little before 03:00 CET in the morning, an agreement was reached with the world-class Brazilian."

After leaving Sao Paolo as a teenager in
2003, Kaka won the Champions League and one Scudetto during his six
years in Milan - also landing the prestigious Ballon d'Or award in 2007 -
and lifted the Primera Division trophy, the Copa del Rey and the
Spanish Supercup with Real.

Kaka
was an increasingly isolated figure during the three-year tenure of
Jose Mourinho and Sunday's signing of Wales winger Gareth Bale from
Tottenham for a world-record 100million euros fee would have pushed the
Brazilian further down the pecking order.